If I may add my two cents, if you look at it this way, everything in the kingdoms was divided between them. By this I mean that Arnor was Elendil's kingdom with its capital at Annuminas. Anarion's kingdom was Gondor with its capital of Osgilliath. And Isildur's kingdom was Ithilien with its capital of Minas Ithil.So in actuality, there were THREE kingdoms. One for the father, one for each son. Elendil was high king and his sons were two lesser kings under him. Through the Palantiri, they could communicate with each other to effectively rule the continent.A very good system.
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He came unto the timeless halls where shining fall the countless years and endless reigns the Elder King in Ilmarin on Mountain sheer
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